linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: uapi: Strip comments before size type check

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Message-Id: <175985615239.1365513.5981195894675028617.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:55:52 -0700
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
 Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>, 
 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: uapi: Strip comments before size type check


On Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:33:42 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On m68k, check_sizetypes in headers_check reports:
> 
>     ./usr/include/asm/bootinfo-amiga.h:17: found __[us]{8,16,32,64} type without #include <linux/types.h>
> 
> This header file does not use any of the Linux-specific integer types,
> but merely refers to them from comments, so this is a false positive.
> As of commit c3a9d74ee413bdb3 ("kbuild: uapi: upgrade check_sizetypes()
> warning to error"), this check was promoted to an error, breaking m68k
> all{mod,yes}config builds.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] kbuild: uapi: Strip comments before size type check
      https://git.kernel.org/kbuild/c/66128f4287b04

Best regards,
-- 
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>